Multiplying and Dividing Fraction Word Problems

You have 2/3 quart of lemonade. If an equal amount of lemonade is poured into each of 6 glasses, how much lemonade will each class contain?

• 1/9 quart

• 1/4 quart

• 4 quarts

Kaitlyn has 5/8 pound of sunflower seeds. She puts seeds evenly into 10 envelopes. How much sunflower seed is in each envelope?

• 1/16 pound

• 5/16 pound

• 1/8 pound

Carson has 2 cups of dog food left. How many 1/2 cup servings are left in 2 cups of dog food?

• 4

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 6

Jackson’s mother buys 4 packs of hamburger meat. Each pack contains 2/3 of a pound of meat. How much total meat did she buy?

• Multiply

• Divide

At the kite company, each kite

frame takes 5 3/5 feet of wood.

How much wood do they need for 10

Kites?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Mary has a 12-acre farm.

She planted 3/4 of the acres on the farm with corn.

She planted 2/3 of the acres of corn with yellow corn.

How many acres of yellow corn did Mary plant?

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

Paige was making lemonade. Besides lemons, she added 3/9 cup of sugar for every cup of water. If she wanted to make 4/7 cups of lemonade, how much sugar would she need?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

The Groovy Coffee Shop makes a

delicious hot chocolate. For every hot

chocolate, they add 3 2/6 oz. of

whipped cream. If they made 6 hot

chocolates, how much whipped

cream would they use?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Two-thirds of the students in a class are wearing blue jeans. Two-sixths of the students who are wearing blue jeans are also wearing red shirts. What fraction of the students in the class are wearing blue jeans and red shirts?
What operation do you use to solve this problem?

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

A recipe for muffins calls for 3/4 cup of flour. Carlito is making 6 batches of muffins. How much flour does he need?
What operation do you do to solve this problem?

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide